Kansas Historical Society has a very comprehensive site that categorizes major events in Kansas history into easily browsed sections. Some of the topics include Civil War and “Bleeding Kansas.” In addition to a search engine the website provides articles and images on the topic pages. This would be a good resource for an expansion on several aspects of the House Divided site. Kansas Historical society website also has a section for teachers.

Harpers Ferry Images – Part II
I wanted to point out a few more images of Harpers Ferry that I found through American Memory (Library of Congress). Many textbooks already have pictures of Harpers Ferry, but I think students might find these interesting.

Harpers Ferry, Railroad Bridge:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.03739

Harpers Ferry, Railroad Bridge destroyed:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.04106

Harpers Ferry Panorama (1912):
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a13009

Harpers Ferry Panorama (1915):
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a13017

I was looking for images of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and I found several interesting ones on the Library of Congress website. While none are from John Brown’s attack in October 1859, these are related to it.

Before the raid, Brown and his men lived for several months at the Kennedy Farm in Maryland:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0587

PBS also has an interesting site on the Kennedy Farm: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/sfeature/kennedyfarm.html

The Library of Congress also has an image of the engine house (from 1865) where Brown was captured by the US military:
http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/nhnycw/ad/ad45/ad45008v.jpg